Cabin Interior and Electronics
News and developments about everything that goes into the cabin of an aircraft, from floor coverings to headliners, with a special emphasis on in-flight entertainment, communications and other electronics for passengers. If it is in the cabin of an aircraft, it’s covered here.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Manufacturers promote equipment interoperability
One of the recurrent themes at the Toulouse workshop was the inability of ATC services to provide operators opportunities to use the navigation performance
Cabin Interior and Electronics
EBACE 2005: Maintenance & Completions
Dassault launched FalconCare at EBACE, the French OEM’s new “pay as you go” fixed-cost maintenance program.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
EBACE 2005: In The Cabin
Coming just one month after it announced receipt of the supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation of its Broad Band Multi-Link (BBML) hig
Cabin Interior and Electronics
PS Engineering Gets Sirius about Future of In-flight Audio
The latest cockpit audio panel from PS Engineering, the PMA8000-SR, does everything a conventional panel can, with one extra feature sure to get the attent
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Satellite TV System from Rockwell Collins Certified on BBJ
Rockwell Collins last month announced that its Tailwind 550 satellite television system has gainedan STC for installation in the Boeing Business Jet.Comple
Aircraft
Eclipse Debuts Standard Interiors
Eclipse 500’s very light jet customers can order the interior in any color, so long as it’s one of four being offered.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Company Books Its 100th Caravan Interior
Installation of an executive interior last month represented the 100th completion of a Cessna Caravan by Capital Aviation.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Special Report: Completion & Refurbishment 2005
Two years ago at this time, Jim Renfro, president and owner of Highlands Aviation at Avon Park, Fla., said he was spending most of his time on the road, “d
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Airshow Makes a Splash at European Bizav Show
At the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in May, Rockwell Collins announced completion of AirCell’s ST 3100 Iridium satellite communicatio
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Jet Aviation Installs EMS Satcom eNfusion Accelerator in Falcon 900
The eNfusion cabin network accelerator from EMS Satcom appears to be gaining a following.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Broadband Connection Now on Gulfstream G350 and G450
Gulfstream Aerospace has received an STC that permits installation of the Savannah-based company’s new Broadband Multi-Link data transfer system in its G35
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Stevens Launches Heritage Refurb Program for Used Aircraft
As an added revenue source, Stevens Aviation in Greenville, S.C., plans to officially launch its Heritage Program at the NBAA Convention this fall.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Flight Display Introduces Single-box IFE Package
At the Aircraft Electronics Association convention and trade show in April Flight Display Systems (FDS) of Alpharetta, Ga., introduced a new in-flight ente
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Capital Aviation Installing ‘Big Sky’ in Small Cabins
Capital Aviation expects to deliver its 100th executive Caravan this summer, this one with the typical “Big Sky” cabin.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Rosen’s FlightView In Production
After much market research and considerable research and development, Rosen Aviation Displays’ FliteView moving map passenger information system will go in
Cabin Interior and Electronics
PATS Delivers Fifth BBJ Interior
Since the first Boeing Business Jet entered the PATS Aircraft completion center in September 2001, the company has rolled out five finished BBJs.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Kalogridis Launches 3-D Tapestry
Carpet specialist Kalogridis International of Dallas has just launched a new line of bulkhead tapestries available in a variety of colors and with three-di
Cabin Interior and Electronics
IWG Sells 1,000th Aircraft Water Treatment Unit
The end product may not be Perrier, but it’s just as tasty and just as clean.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Electronics for the well equipped cabin
We live in a brave new world of constant connection, to our homes, offices, business acquaintances, friends and family.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
What? No Tattoos?
He took the Citation XLS to the West Star Aviation completion and refurbishment center in Grand Junction, Colo., for a special exterior paint job, starting
Cabin Interior and Electronics
It’s all about the environment
Cabin environment has been a major element of the completion process in the past couple of years, and it promises to become more so as concerns about air q
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Live tv coming to the oceanic bizjet cabin
Live tv over the ocean? It’s not possible today, and traditional direct broadcast satellite television providers are unlikely to have a business model for
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Ericsson Decides To Join Airborne Cellphone Fray
Mobile phone maker Ericsson jumped into the race to supply hardware that will enable passengers to use their cellphones aboard aircraft after takeoff.
Regulations and Government
House Panel Opposes Airborne Cellphones
Bipartisan members of the House aviation subcommittee agreed with chairman Rep.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Aviation Software for Cellphones
Smartsoft recently released Flight WTK 2.1, a new version of weight-and-balance software for cellphones that support Java scripts.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Small business jets could get SwiftBroadband, too
With all the recent talk about airline passengers surfing the Web from the comfort of their seats (and perhaps at some point in the future even being permi
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Midcoast Finds anOpening, Creates Door To Fit
Midcoast Aviation has a new supplemental type certificate for a solid-surface pocket door for the Falcon 900 and Falcon 900EX.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Blue Sky Network Approved for Airshow 4000
Rockwell Collins has issued a service information letter approving Blue Sky Network’s Iridium satellite phone system as a qualified data channel for its Ai
